I'm still in the education stage of the process and looking forward to working with everyone in the future.

But it also creates a scarcity mentality and politicizes the process. 

It’s been a long time since posting on here since starting my investing journey and boy has it been a whirlwind of crazy, fun and wisdom building, not the way I thought I would gain wisdom, but im grateful for what was earned in this process nonetheless!

If you plan on managing it yourself, you want to be close to monitor any improvements and get familiar and comfortable with the entire process.

I don't know if I'll continue with Zillow's process in the future.

How to properly structure these deals as well as the process of closing them.

I also have a list of lenders that I have worked with in the past that I recommend.In both cases, when I was approached by them to purchase a home, they had very little knowledge of the home buying process, they were definitely not ready.

I also don't know how much of a hassle or cost commitment that process would be either so any input at all would be valuable to me.

Live it in for a year and repeat the process, buy another duplex, hopefully with the same program if it still exists a year down the line.  

There is a process to picking the market to work in and buying for both cash flow and appreciation (many people think the midwest or south is only for cash flow - not true).